The county of Genesee as laid out
by the act of 1835 embraced all of its present area except the eastern
range of townships, which then belonged to Lapeer. The oldest township in
the county is Grand Blanc, organized March 9, 1833- It was larger than
now, including its present area and all of the present townships of
Fenton, Mundy, Flint, Mount Morris, Genesee, Burton, Atlas and Davison.
The second township was Flint, erected March 2, i836. It, too, was larger
than now, embracing not only its present area and that of the city of
Flint, but also the present townships of Burton, Clayton, Flushing, Mount
Morris, Genesee, Thetford Vienna and Montrose, .Argentine was organized
July 26, 1836, which included the township of Fenton besides its present
area. On March 11, 1837, was organized the township of Mundy, which then
included also the present township of Gaines. By the same act Vienna was
organized from the northern part of Flint, to include also the lands now
in Montrose and Thetford. Thus, in 1837, all of Genesee county was
included in five townships,- Grand Blanc, Flint, Argentine, Mundy and
Vienna the latter having been added only a few weeks after the state was
admitted to the Union. The remaining townships of the county were
organized in the following order:
1838, March 6, Genesee, Fenton and Flushing.
1839, April 19, Kearsley, covering territory absorbed later by Genesee and
Burton.
1842, February 16, Thetford and Gaines.
1843, March 9, Forest, Richfield, Davison and Atlas were added from Lapeer
County.
1846, March 25, Clayton and Montrose; the latter was first called "Pewanagawink;"
changed to "Montrose" by act of January 15, 1848.
1855, February 12, Mount Morris.

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